Folding chair



' (No Model.)

S. G. MGCULLOUGH.

. FOLDING CHAIR. No. 517,656.

. Patented Apr. 3, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MCOULLOUGH, OF SIDNEY, OHIO.

F OLDING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,656, dated April 3, 1894. Application filedDeoember 3, 1892- Serlal No. &53,961. (No model.)

, which willenable others skilled in the art to opposite direction and pivoted centrally of I which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to folding chairs, and has for its object to provide a chair comprising few parts, and capable of being folded with the greatest convenience for portability.

The invention consists in the parts and com bination of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims,

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the chair ready foroccupancy. Fig. 2 is a detail View of the pivot brace.

1 designates the back standards inclined at a proper angle to allow a person sitting in a chair to recline'in a comfortable-position.

2 designates the front legs inclined in an end through which bolts 8 pass, the slots allowing the bar to have a vertical movement when folding the chair vertically.

9 designates a pivot brace, which is pivotally secured to each standard by means of bolts passed through perforations 10 in each end thereof.v Brace 9 is formed with rectangular recesses 11 coincident with, and of a size to receive legs 2 when the chair is extended, and serve to hold the standards and legs rigidly when the chair is occupied, the brace serving as a pivotal medium when the chair is being folded, for extending the parts in parallel relation.

12 designates a cross bar pivotally secured at the top of the standards, and I preferably secure a rest 13 to bars 5 and 12 to form a support for the back of the occupant of the chair.

In folding the chair the legs are withdrawn from the recesses in the brace, and caused to lie parallel with the standards, the standards and leg of one side are then raised and caused to swing uponthe brace until they lie parallel with the standard and brace of the op posite side, when the chair is in convenient portable condition and may be carried with but little more inconvenience than an umbrella, either by securing the parts by a hook and staple, or by inclosing the same within a case. its'peculiar construction strengthens the chair and renders it perfectly rigid when opened, and serves to swing the parts into vertical parallel alignment when folding the same. The parts when pivotally assembled, as described, are capable of being folded so compactly that they may be inclosed within a case for transportation, of no greater size than the ordinary gun case.

What I claim is 1. In'a folding chair, the solid standard, the legs pivoted thereto, the upper and lower cross bars and back resting bar connecting the cross bars, the bar pivotally attached to theupper ends of the legs, the fabric seat, and a pivot brace secured to the standards adjacent to It will be seen that the pivot brace by the pivotson which the legs turn, said brace having recesses to receive the them in place.

2. In a folding chair, the back standards, front legs pivotally secured thereto, and a legs and hold pivot brace pivotally secured at each end of SAMUEL Witnesses:

E. E. NUTT, S. M. OoLLINs.

e. MOOULLOUGH. 

